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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The principal note of a triad.
Minuet
Ricercar
Root
Leitmotif
2. In sheet music - an instruction to repeat the beginning of the piece before stopping on the final chord.
Vivace
Presto
Da Capo
A cappella
3. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Reprise
Atonal
Obbligato
Chant
4. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Chorus
Song cycle
Klangfarbenmelodie
March
5. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Madrigal
Capriccio
Maestro
Glee
6. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Serenade
Interval
Form
Symphony
7. Convenient method of numbering a composer's works where a number follows the word 'opus'.For example - Opus 28 - No. 4.
Octet
Opus
Tonality
Timbre
8. A composition written for eight instruments.
Octet
Treble
Atonal
Nonet
9. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Gregorian Chant
Movement
Polytonality
Recital
10. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Impromptu
Homophony
Tempo
Song cycle
11. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Sonatina
Song cycle
Neoclassical
Overture
12. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Counterpoint
Scale
EnharmonicInterval
Partita
13. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Hymn
Deceptive cadence
Clavier
Motif
14. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Overture
Register
Glissando
Whole note
15. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Grazioso
Dynamics
Notation
Intonation
16. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Chord
Reprise
Tonic
Opera
17. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Baroque
Concert master
Pizzicato
Key
18. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Pastoral
Intonation
Rhythm
March
19. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Partita
Sonata
Slide
Chorale
20. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Modulation
Fermata
Sonatina
Sequence
21. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Vivace
Cadence
Overture
Fugue
22. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Contralto
Tessitura
Musicology
Stretto
23. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Twelve-tone music
Leitmotif
Slur
Development
24. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Maestro
Deceptive cadence
Sextet
25. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Expressionism
Hymn
Scherzo
26. A separate section of a larger composition.
Clavier
Musicology
Movement
Interlude
27. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Baroque
Pitch
Whole-tone scale
Timbre
28. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Grave
Major
Medley
Expressionism
29. A reprise.
Maestro
Musicology
Homophony
Recapitulation
30. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Timbre
Fourth
March
Key signature
31. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Relative pitch
Time Signature
Octave
32. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Cadenza
Interlude
Leitmotif
Waltz
33. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Espressivo
Vivace
Obbligato
Grazioso
34. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Tablature
Encore
Rococo
Consonance
35. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Sonata
Soprano
Espressivo
Beat
36. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Orchestra
Counterpoint
Motif
Rhythm
37. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Glissando
Quartet
Drone
Root
38. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Deceptive cadence
Cantata
Finale
Chromatic scale
39. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Vivace
Relative major and minor
Partial
Modes
40. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Relative pitch
Concert master
Polyphony
Courante
41. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Tutti
Concerto
Falsetto
Sequence
42. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Interpretation
Chromatic scale
Falsetto
Major
43. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Major
Madrigal
Tonal
Register
44. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Resonance
Exposition
Leitmotif
Trill
45. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Consonance
Parody
Stretto
Tritone
46. The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line.
Portamento
Klangfarbenmelodie
Da Capo
Orchestration
47. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Chorus
Phrase
Courante
Octet
48. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Vivace
Romantic
Orchestra
Musicology
49. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
Trill
Ligature
Interlude
50. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Interlude
Chorus
Whole-tone scale
Polytonality
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